In a Class III Residential or Apartment House District, no building or premises shall be used and no building shall be erected which is arranged, intended or designed to be used for other than a use permitted in a Class I Residential or Class II Residential District or for one or more of the following specified uses:
(A) An apartment house;
(B) A hotel, dormitory or rooming house;
(C) A community center building, armory for dismounted organizations, or private club, except a club the chief activity of which is a service customarily carried on as a business;
(D) A philanthropic or charitable use or institution, other than a penal or correctional institution, or a hospital or convalescent facility, provided that no part of such building is located within thirty feet of any lot line other than a street or alley line of the property occupied by such use; and
(E) A business office, financial institution or professional office, provided that:
(1) The approval of Council and the City Engineer is obtained before the issuance of an occupancy permit and the issuance of a building permit for the erection or change in the structural form, either external or internal, of any building or residence used for such office. Council may impose appropriate conditions and safeguards to protect the plan and to conserve and protect property and property values in the neighborhood.
(2) The person requesting such action files the plans for the proposed building and site with the request. Before Council's final action thereon, the request shall be referred to the Planning Commission for study and report concerning the effect of the proposed use on the plan and on the character and development of the neighborhood.
(3) Any proposed special use herein shall:
(a) Be conducted entirely within an enclosed building, unless otherwise specifically stated;
(b) Not be noxious or offensive because of odor, smoke, dust, noise, vibration, glaring light or similar causes;
(c) Not exceed a gross floor area of 2,500 square feet; and
(d) Provide and make available off-street parking spaces in the ratio of not less than one parking space for each 200 square feet of floor space in the building which is used for business purposes. Such parking spaces may be located and maintained on the same lot as the building or on an off-street area within 300 feet of the building. Two or more owners of buildings may join together in providing and maintaining this parking space.
(Ord. 109-63. Passed 6-10-63; Ord. 256-19. Passed 10-21-19.)